Dampening-machine



(N0 Model.)

G. L. SHOREY.

DAMPENING MACHINE.

NO. 320,977. Patented June 30, 1885.

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GEORGE L. SHOREY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

DAMPENlNG-MACHINE.

Application filed May 10, 1884.

' PECIFICATIO1 '4' forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,977, datedJune 30, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. SHOREY, of Lynn, in the county of Essexand Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Dampening-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists in an improved machine for dampening cloth, and isespecially adapted for dampening the flaps of shirts when, as in alaundry, a large quantity is being washed.

In the process of laundering shirts it is desi rable, after a shirt isfirst starched and dried, to wet the flaps of the shirt, squeeze out thesuperfluous water, lay the cuffs on the bosom, and then turn thedampened flaps up over the bosom and cuffs. A number of shirts thusprepared are then piled together and submitted to pressure. The dampflaps impart sufficient moisture to the bosoms to prepare them properlyfor ironing.

The above-described process may be carried out by hand; but it is a slowand tedious as well as ineffectual way of accomplishing the result.

An ordinary wringing-machine cannot be used,because,unless its directionof motion is continually reversed,it is impossible to wring the flapswithout passing the bosom through also.

My invention consists of a machine adapted to wet the flaps and squeezeout the water, so that the flaps are uniformly dampened without wettingor subjecting the bosom to any wringing process.

To this end my machine consists, substantially, of a pair of rubber orother rollers placed one vertically over the other, as inwringing-machines. The lower roll I preferably mount on the top of thewater-receptacle, as shown in the drawing,where it turns loosely inbearings in the sides of the water-receptacle. The upper roll is mountedin bearings connected with or being an integral part of a horizontalcross-piece attached to a spring beam, which is adjustably supported inuprights'preferably secured to or a part of the water-receptacle. thesurfaces are in contact are exposed and free, so that the shirt-flapscan be inserted sidewise between the rolls.

The ends of the rolls where.

In the drawing the figure is a perspective view of my machine.

Ais the box for containing water; B B uprights, not necessarily of theshape shown; b b,crown-pieces of uprights B B. D is a rubber spring. disa pin for securing the springbcam G in the upright B; E,horizontalcrosspiece supporting, by means of its vertical ends E and the journalsf ,the upper roll, F The lower roll, F, rests, by means of the journalf, in bearings in the side of the box A. H is a screw for regulating thedegree of pressure applied to the rolls. The uprights B B have openingsnear the top to allow of the insertion of a spring-beam, C. The openingin the upright B is just high enough to allow a little The object ofhaving a single central springbeam,rather than one on each side, is tohave a free way for the operator to lower the shirt into the waterwithout striking his head against the spring-beam,and without,in orderto avoid this, carrying the spring-beam to an awkward height.

The machine is to be supported upon legs, or otherwise, at a convenientheight for work. Two sets of rolls may be used, if required. Theoperation is as follows: A person stands on one side of the machine anddips the flaps, after the bosoms and cuffs have been starched, in thewater contained in the box or tub of the machine, then inserts the wetflaps side wise between the rolls, which are kept rotating by anyconvenient means, either by'a handcrank or by means of steam-powergeared or belted to the axis of the upper roll. The

shirt-flaps are run through, and by the p'ressis held by the operatorwith the bosom in his hand and the flaps inserted between the rolls toany required depth.

Two persons can work at the machineone upon either sideand thusaccomplish double work, both ends of the rolls being utilized.

My invention enables a great quantity of work to be accomplished in ashort time, and in such a manner that the washed material is handledwithout injury.

Ian1we1l aware that it is old in an ordinary small wringing-machinehaving two pressurerollers to secure to the base of the machine ametallic spring, the ends of which are bent upward so as to formstandards for the rollers, thelatter being'journaled in the extremitiesof the springs, and one roller being placed a little higher than theother, and also that it has been common to use an S'shaped springforsupporting the rolls. Neither of these devices for mounting rollsgave them free ends,

so that the operation described in this specification could beaccomplished.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a dampening-machine, the combination of the pressure-rolls F F somounted that the GEO. L. SHOREY.

Vitnesses:

XVM. B. H. DowsE, 7M. '1. GILBERT.

